2023 Arctic Coasts Workshop Report: Changes, Impacts, and Solutions - Working Towards a Resilient Future

The Arctic Coasts Workshop was held on October 9 to 11, 2023 at the University of Colorado Boulder. 64 in-person and 4 on-line participants attended the workshop. The goal of the workshop was to bring together a dynamic group of experts to exchange knowledge regarding coastal hazards and impacts, strengthen and expand partnerships, and develop actionable and immediate recommendation for Arctic research and community resilience. The scope of the workshop focused on the Arctic coastal system; this includes the natural (coastal land and near-shore ocean), engineered (coastal infrastructures), and social (coastal communities) systems. Prior to the Workshop, the participants attended an online session to identify topics and questions that were of interest to them. The participants also provided feedback on an online shared document. Based on this feedback, five specific objectives and topics were identified and discussed at the workshop. They were titled: (1) Exchange lived experience, priorities, and needs from rural community participants; (2) Exchange successful experiences on resilient community-driven projects, (3) Build partnerships to form local to international collaborative networks; (4) Identify scientific data gaps, community funding challenges and opportunities, and future goals and proposal strategies; and (5) Lay the groundwork for the newly funded NNA Collaboratory – Alaska Coastal Cooperative and other communication and research networks. Under each topic, specific questions were identified. Panel discussions and breakout group discussions focused on answering these questions. This report synthesizes the participant feedback to these specific questions.